Maternal Practices for Prevention and Care of Communicable Diseases for their Children

Abd Allah Salem Ramadan, Marwa; Amin Mohammed, Eman; Elsayed Hassan, Salma

doi:10.21608/ejhc.2019.251344

Maternal Practices for Prevention and Care of Communicable Diseases for their Children

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Demonstrator of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing Beni Suef University

² Professor of pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing Ain Shams University

³ professor of Pediatric Nursing, Faculty of Nursing Ain Shams University-Egypt.

10.21608/ejhc.2019.251344

Abstract

This study aimed to assess maternal practices for prevention and care of communicable
diseases for their children. Subjects and Methods: A descriptive study was conducted at fever
hospital in Abbasia and Alfayoum city and nursery school. Sampling: A convenience sample
include their total number was 130 mothers. Tools: A structured questionnaire format to assess
mothers characteristic and their knowledge regarding communicable diseases, the second tool was
reported practice to assess mothers practice toward communicable diseases. Results: showed that
two fifth of (preventive) healthy children mothers aged forty years and more. Also the majority of
(curative) diseased children mothers had unsatisfactory knowledge related to specific communicable
diseases. Majority of healthy children and diseased children mothers had inadequate reported
practices. Conclusion: More than half of (preventive) healthy children mothers had unsatisfactory
knowledge and the majority of them had inadequate reported practices related to communicable
diseases. Meanwhile, less than two thirds of diseased children mothers had unsatisfactory
knowledge related to general knowledge while majority of them had unsatisfactory specific
knowledge. In addition to the majority of diseased children mothers had inadequate reported
practices related to communicable diseases Recommendations: The study recommended that,
Implementation of health education program for mothers about the preventive measures and care of
children having communicable diseases in MCH and outpatient clinic as needed.

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